Segments From This Episode

• Inflation rises, putting the Fed in a tricky spot with rates

  by Samantha Fields

  

  As inflation accelerates, the job market is slowing. That leaves the Federal Reserve in a dilemma over its dual mandate of stabilizing prices and maximizing employment.

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• In a labor market headed the wrong way, restaurants are a bright spot

  by Matt Levin

  

  The restaurant industry is up 120,000 jobs year over year.

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• Why have utility costs gone up so much over the past year?

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  One reason is that demand has surged from electrifying vehicles and furnaces — and from the rush to build new data centers.

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• Microgrids make a macro-impact

  by Kai Ryssdal, Nicholas Guiang and Sean McHenry

  

  Missy Stults, the director of Sustainability and Innovation for the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, leads a program that will supplement current electrical infrastructure and aid energy reliability and affordability citywide.

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• The Numbers

  by Kai Ryssdal

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• Should 401(k) savers have access to private equity funds?

  by Nova Safo

  

  The Trump administration wants to make it easier to add private equity investments to 401(k) accounts.

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• This artist’s “side hustle” is renting her home out to camera crews

  by Maria Hollenhorst

  

  “The first thing I say when the production team walks in is, it's, ‘make yourself at home,’” said Chicago homeowner Jill Nahrstedt

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